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Mantras, Initiation and Preparing for Worship (Chapters 1-5). Critical Edition and Annotated Translation
Buch, Englisch, Band 56/1, 828 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1523 g
Reihe: Brill's Indological Library
ISBN: 978-90-04-53280-9
Verlag: Brill
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Preface
Introduction
1 Introduction to the Text
2 Who Wrote the Haribhaktivilasa?
3 Summary of Contents
4 Style and Method of the Text and Commentary
5 Historical Context of the Haribhaktivilasa
6 The Theology of the Haribhaktivilasa
7 Intertextualities
8 The Haribhaktivilasa in Gau?iya Vai??ava History
9 Sources for the Critical Edition
10 Conventions in the Critical Apparatus and Translation
Critically Edited Text and Translation
1 On the Guru
Declaration of Contents
The Reason for Approaching a Guru
Approaching a Guru
The Mandatoriness of Approaching a Guru
Specific Characteristics of a Guru
Characteristics of a Non-guru
Characteristics of a Disciple
Those to Be Rejected
Observation
Specific Rules for Serving the Guru
The Great Sin That Otherwise Will Befall Both
The Disciple’s Prayer
The Greatness of the Lord
The Greatness of Vai??ava Mantras
There, the Greatness of the Twelve-Syllable and the Eight-Syllable Mantras
There Also, That Of The Twelve-Syllable Mantra
Of the Eight-syllable Mantra
That of the King of Mantras, the Anu??ubh of Sri Narasi?ha
The Greatness of Mantras of Rama
The Greatness of Mantras of Lord Gopala
The Greatness of the Eighteen-Syllable Mantra
Deliberation on Eligibility
The Determination of Siddha, Sadhya and so on
Mantras That Are an Exception to This
Purification of Mantras
2 On Initiation
Rules for Initiation
The Mandatoriness of Initiation
The Greatness of Initiation
The Time for Initiation
Consideration of Days
Consideration of Lunar Mansions
Consideration of Lunar Days
Exceptions
Rules for Constructing the Pavilion
Rules for Fashioning the Pit
Rules for the Initiatory Ma??ala
The Worship That Is a Part of Initiation
First, the Procedure for Establishing the Waterpot
Rules for Establishing the Conch
Rules for Worshipping the Lord in the Waterpot
Rules for the Initiatory Fire Sacrifice
The Divinities of the Limbs
The Eight Forms
Measures for the Ingredients of the Fire Offerings
Rules for Guru and Disciple
These Were the Duties of the Preceding Day. Now the Duties of the Day of Initiation
Rules for the Anointment
The Mantra of Ceremonial Bathing
Rules for Imparting the Mantra
The Regulations
The Procedure for Initiation in the Blessed Varaha Pura?a
Simplified Initiation
Instruction
The Greatness of Bestowing the Mantra
3 On Purification
The Mandatoriness of Worship for the Initiated
Sadacara
The Mandatoriness of Sadacara
The Greatness of Sadacara
Daily Duties
The Morning Glorification and Remembrance
First: The Mandatoriness of Remembrance
The Greatness of Remembrance
It Surpasses Bathing at All Tirthas
It Is Supremely Purifying
It Uproots Sins
It Liberates One from All Misfortune
It Uproots Bad Habits
It Causes All Auspiciousness
It Bestows the Fruits of All Holy Observances
It Causes the Excellence of Rituals
It Surpasses All Rituals
It Removes All Fears
It Awards Liberation
It Propitiates the Lord
It Leads One to the Vaiku??ha World
It Leads to Sameness of Form
It Subdues the Blessed Lord
It Is the Highest Fruit in Itself
Morning Obeisances
The Prayer
Words of Obeisance
The Morning Meditation
The Greatness of Meditation
It Destroys Sins
It Removes the Faults of the Kali Age
It Gives One Eligibility for All Rituals
It Affords One Liberation
It Brings One to Vaiku?tha
It Leads to Sameness of Form
It Awards the Highest Fruit on Its Own Accord
Waking the Blessed Lord
Removing Nirmalya
Cleansing the Blessed Mouth
The Greatness of Offering the Blessed Tooth-Twig
The Auspicious Nirajana
The Preliminaries of the Morning Bath
Rules for Attending to the Call of Nature
Rules for Cleansing
When Only Passing Urine
Rules for Acamana
Vai??ava Acamana
Rules for Brushing the Teeth
The Mandatoriness of Brushing the Teeth
Days When the Tooth-Twig Is Forbidden
The Substitute for These Days
The Exception to This
Tooth-Twigs
Arranging the Hair and so Forth
Bathing
The Mandatoriness of Bathing
The Greatness of Bathing
Rules for Bathing
A Detail
Further Details
The Mantra for Taking the Lord’s Foot-Water on the Head
The Greatness of Sprinkling Oneself with the Lord’s Foot-Water
And Its Mandatoriness
The General Libation to the Gods and Others
Vedic Sandhya
Tantric Sandhya
Its Rules
The Kama Gayatri
Another Opinion on the Rules for Tantric Sandhya
Rules for Worship of the Lord in Water
Specific Libations to the Gods and Others
Considering the Proper Attitude at Bathing and so on
4 On the Ornaments of the Vai??ava
Cleaning the Lord’s Temple
The Greatness of Cleaning the Temple
The Greatness of Plastering
The Greatness of Sprinkling
The Greatness of Ma??alas
Characteristics of a Svastika
Hoisting Flags, Banners and so on
The Greatness of Hoisting Flags
The Greatness of Hoisting Banners
The Greatness of Raising Festoons of Leaves and Trunks of Banana Trees
Cleaning the Seat, Vessels, Clothes and so on
The Seat
Metal Vessels
Clothes and so on
Grains and so on
Picking Flowers, Tulasi and so on for the Sake of Worship
Rules for Bathing at Home
Bathing with Warm Water
The Forbidden Days
Bathing with Myrobalan
Bathing with Sesame
Bathing with Oil
The Greatness of Anointing with Tulasi Water
Rules for Wearing Clothes
The Seat
Rules for the Seat
The Rules for the Twelve Tilakas
The Crown Mantra
The Mandatoriness of the Vertical Marks
The Greatness of the Vertical Mark
Rules for Drawing the Vertical Mark
The Mandatoriness of the Empty Middle Portion of the Vertical Mark
Therefore, the Statement on the Characteristics of Hari’s Temple
Regarding the Rules for Which Fingers to Use When Applying Tilaka
The Types of Clay for the Vertical Mark
There, the Greatness of Gopicandana
The Greatness of the Vertical Mark Made with Gopicandana
The Greatness of Marks Made with Mud from the Roots of Tulasi
The Mandatoriness of Wearing the Mudras
The Greatness of Wearing the Mudras
Rules for Wearing the Mudras
Characteristics of the Disc and so on
Wearing Malas and so on
Rules for Wearing Malas
The Mandatoriness of Wearing Malas
The Greatness of Wearing Malas
Rules for Performing Sandhya at Home
Worship of the Blessed Guru
The Greatness of the Blessed Guru
The Exception to This
The Result of Not Devoting Oneself to the Guru
5 On the Objects
Worship at the Gate
Worship Inside the House
The Seat for Worship
The Seat Mantra
Seats
Specific Faults and Merits of Seats
Placing the Vessels
The Vessels and Their Greatness
Establishing the Auspicious Pitcher
The Ingredients for Arghya and so on
The Auspicious Peace
Removal of Obstacles
Bowing to the Blessed Gurus
Bhutasuddhi
And This is the Procedure
Pra?ayama
The Greatness of Pra?ayama
First, Mat?ka Nyasa
The Inner Mat?ka Nyasa
Kesavadi Nyasa
The Meditation
The Blessed Forms
The Saktis
Tattva Nyasa
A Further Special Form of Pra?ayama
The Times, Numbers and so on
Pi?ha Nyasa
The Pi?ha Mantra
Remembering the Sage and so on
A?ga Nyasa
Ak?ara Nyasa
Pada Nyasa
R?yadi Nyasa
The Five Mudras
Procedure for Meditating on the Blessed Lord
The Inner Sacrifice
The Procedure for Prayer
Establishing the Conch
Worship of the Seat in One’s Own Body
Mantra A?ga Nyasa, Etc., on the Limbs of the Lord
Internal Worship with External Items
The Greatness of the Internal Sacrifice
The External Worship
The Objects of Worship
The Blessed Forms
Characteristics of the Blessed Forms
The Twenty-Four Forms of the Siddharta Sa?hita
The Salagrama Stones
Their Merits and Faults Connected with Colour and so on
And These Faults Relate to Worshipping with Desires
Their Different Names Depending on Their Different Characteristics
The Greatness of the Salagrama Stone
The Special Result of Worshipping Many
The Prohibition against Buying or Selling Them
The Prohibition against Installation
The Best of All Objects
The Mandatoriness of Worshipping the Salagrama Stone
The Greatness of Uniting the Salagrama Stone with the Stone Marked with the Discs of Dvaraka
The Characteristics of the Stone Marked with the Discs of Dvaraka
The Greatness of the Stone Marked with the Discs of Dvaraka
Their Different Fruits according to Their Different Number of Discs
Faults and Merits and Whether to Worship or Not Depending on Colour and so on
Appendix 1: The Greatness of the Ten-Syllable Mantra
Appendix 2: The Meditation on K???a in Gautamiya Tantra 10.142cd–159ab
Appendix 3: Ma??alas in the Text
Bibliography
Index
